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Vericel (VCEL) Competitors

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$59.07 +2.72 (+4.83%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

VCEL vs. CTLT, SRPT, QGEN, PCVX, ASND, ROIV, RVMD, LNTH, BPMC, and BBIO

Should you be buying Vericel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vericel include Catalent (CTLT), Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT), Qiagen (QGEN), Vaxcyte (PCVX), Ascendis Pharma A/S (ASND), Roivant Sciences (ROIV), Revolution Medicines (RVMD), Lantheus (LNTH), Blueprint Medicines (BPMC), and BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Vericel vs.

Catalent (NYSE:CTLT) and Vericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Catalent received 289 more outperform votes than Vericel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.80% of users gave Vericel an outperform vote while only 57.50% of users gave Catalent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CatalentOutperform Votes
640
57.50%
Underperform Votes
473
42.50%
VericelOutperform Votes
351
61.80%
Underperform Votes
217
38.20%

Catalent presently has a consensus target price of $63.40, suggesting a potential downside of 0.13%. Vericel has a consensus target price of $62.14, suggesting a potential upside of 5.20%. Given Vericel's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vericel is more favorable than Catalent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Catalent
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Vericel
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Vericel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Catalent. Catalent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vericel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Catalent$4.38B2.63-$1.04B-$2.26-28.09
Vericel$197.52M14.76-$3.18M$0.06984.66

Catalent has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vericel has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Vericel had 28 more articles in the media than Catalent. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Vericel and 1 mentions for Catalent. Catalent's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Vericel's score of 0.01 indicating that Catalent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Catalent
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vericel
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Vericel has a net margin of 1.56% compared to Catalent's net margin of -9.28%. Vericel's return on equity of 1.48% beat Catalent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Catalent-9.28% -0.66% -0.24%
Vericel 1.56%1.48%0.96%

Summary

Vericel beats Catalent on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VCEL vs. The Competition

MetricVericelBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.92B$2.96B$5.20B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%5.13%4.02%
P/E Ratio984.6644.1187.2517.09
Price / Sales14.76275.871,263.9177.22
Price / Cash3,376.46192.9043.7736.04
Price / Book12.493.965.314.79
Net Income-$3.18M-$41.02M$122.54M$224.99M
7 Day Performance0.68%1.13%1.44%2.37%
1 Month Performance4.55%-1.72%2.51%4.40%
1 Year Performance48.90%-2.23%25.32%20.10%

Vericel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VCEL
Vericel
1.9238 of 5 stars
$59.07
+4.8%
$62.14
+5.2%
+48.9%$2.92B$197.52M984.66300
CTLT
Catalent
1.2979 of 5 stars
$63.48
flat
$63.40
-0.1%
N/A$11.52B$4.42B-28.0916,900Analyst Forecast
SRPT
Sarepta Therapeutics
4.9597 of 5 stars
$118.06
-5.4%
$178.71
+51.4%
+2.0%$11.28B$1.64B94.451,314
QGEN
Qiagen
4.1996 of 5 stars
$45.98
+2.9%
$51.50
+12.0%
-1.1%$10.49B$1.97B117.905,967
PCVX
Vaxcyte
2.2218 of 5 stars
$80.93
-0.2%
$145.71
+80.0%
+40.8%$10.09BN/A-17.59160
ASND
Ascendis Pharma A/S
3.6284 of 5 stars
$133.43
+3.3%
$192.07
+43.9%
-2.9%$8.10B$327.43M-16.51640Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
ROIV
Roivant Sciences
3.653 of 5 stars
$10.70
+0.7%
$17.93
+67.6%
+7.7%$7.79B$129.13M1.89860
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
4.5331 of 5 stars
$42.38
+1.4%
$66.25
+56.3%
+49.6%$7.13B$742,000.00-11.80250
LNTH
Lantheus
4.5427 of 5 stars
$95.12
-0.8%
$131.86
+38.6%
+72.3%$6.61B$1.50B15.83700
BPMC
Blueprint Medicines
1.8809 of 5 stars
$103.16
+18.0%
$122.72
+19.0%
+35.8%$6.55B$434.42M-48.89640Short Interest ↑
BBIO
BridgeBio Pharma
4.0926 of 5 stars
$33.56
+15.4%
$48.08
+43.3%
-7.8%$6.34B$217.77M-13.93400Short Interest ↑
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This page (NASDAQ:VCEL) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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